Details

Subject(s)

• Theology, Doctrinal—Mexico—19th century [Browse]
• Maya language—Texts [Browse]
• Indigenous Studies [Browse]

Donor

Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Former owner

Gates, William, 1863-1940 [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Unbound sheets [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Paper [Browse]
• manuscripts (documents) [Browse]

Contained in

• Robert Garrett collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s.

Compiled/​Created

[18--].

Linking notes

Forms part of the Robert Garrett Collection (C0744).

Summary note

Liturical text in Yucatec, misidentified by Gates as K'iche' Maya. Includes a discussion of the papacy and a series of prayers. It is fragmentary, ending with the beginning of "Para Ayudar a Viendo No Morir ..." Includes decorated crosses throughout, n.d.

Notes

Title on cardboard covers (removed), supplied by Gates: Doctrina en Quichè.

Binding note

Sewn gathering in cardboard covers (removed).

Language note

Text in Yucatec and Spanish.

Provenance

Previously owned by William Gates; sold to Robert Garrett (purchased from William Gates in 1930); deposited by Garrett at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton in 1942; removed from the Institute in 1949, at Garrett's request, and donated to the Princeton University Library.

Source acquisition

Gift; Robert Garrett; 1949.

Cite as

Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 194, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Other title(s)

Doctrina en Quichè

In

Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s

OCLC

80363866

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